Q: Fonts
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Mar 21, 2015 6:19 AMby braden85,Hey there kreigh,
I understand that you wish to manage your fonts on your Mac. Here is an article for you about doing exactly that:
Mac OS X: Font locations and their purposes - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201722
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden
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Mar 21, 2015 7:09 AMby kahjot,HelpfulHave a look at this excellent guide: http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html
You can do some organizing to reduce the number of font locations. I have been setting up a folder for my fonts since the early days of OS X, with the location varying but these days mostly in Users/Shared/name-of-folder-containing-my-fonts. Within that, they are somewhat organized further by source (folders for Adobe, Linotype, Bitstream etc.). Beyond that, I'd suggest using a decent font manger such as Font Explorer Pro or Suitcase. If you do that, you need to disable Font Book.
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Mar 22, 2015 9:21 AMby kahjot,Helpfulkreigh wrote:
How do you tell who the maker of the font is?
Suitcase or Font Explorer Pro will show the foundry info. I would think that most font viewer apps (as opposed to font managers) will do that as well. Most of my fonts, except for a few freebies, come from readily identifiable sources, and I have organized them that way, going back quite a few years. So folders for URW, Monotype, Bitstream, etc.
